Sivakasi (Tamil: ) is an active town and a municipality in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the capital of Indias firecracker industry with about 8,000 factories, big and small, producing 90 percent of the total fireworks output. Looking at the activeness of the people, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India nick named Sivakasi as "Kutti Japan" which means "Little Japan". There are almost 400 manufacturers based in the city. Beside fireworks factories, there are many printing presses with in-house studios and artists, which produce a variety of colourful posters and calendar art. In the 2001 Indian census, Sivakasi had a population of 72,170. Males constitute 51.76% of the population and females 48.24%. Sivakasi has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 72%. In Sivakasi, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sivakasi is more than 600...
